For a long period of time, our society was accustomed and perhaps encouraged to maintain a certain level of secrecy regarding many components of our society. It was not acceptable to openly condemn and express personal opinions about topics, such as, women rights, religion, and politics. However, during the enlightenment, in the seventeenth century, there was a slight change. Authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Moliere, deliberately expressed their concerns about this “controversial” topics, through their literary work. For one, Mary Wollstonecraft, in 1776 published, A vindication of the right of women. Wollstonecraft in her essay, integrates the idea of how women shouldn’t be considered different from men, nevertheless be considered
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He addresses women education in a very different way. For example, even though the play was written in the seventeenth century, the female characters in Tartuffe, represent one of the most fundamental parts of the play. Moliere creates the female characters in such a way that they are completely different from what people are often used to see in female characters. One of the reasons why the character are so different is because the female characters are characterized in this play by having instinctively strong opinions about what is happening around them they are not submissive, quite, and passive. The characters’ voices are often self-driven, witty, and unafraid. For example, on act one, the play opens with a conversation between Madame Pernelle and Elmire, and as the conversation goes along, others character joined the conversation. Nevertheless, Madame Pernelle is the character controlling this argument. Madame Pernelle tends to embrace her opinions openly without any hesitation at all. In one of Madame Pernelle’s lines, she directly says to Elmire, “Are you a princess? No? You are dressed like one! One wonders whom you dress for- not my son,” (Moliere). Notwithstanding, Madame Pernelle attitude, she is not a very independent character because she still believes men should be the ones in
He addresses women education in a very different way. For example, even though the play was written in the seventeenth century, the female characters in Tartuffe, represent one of the most fundamental parts of the play. Moliere creates the female characters in such a way that they are completely different from what people are often used to see in female characters. One of the reasons why the character are so different is because the female characters are characterized in this play by having instinctively strong opinions about what is happening around them they are not submissive, quite, and passive. The characters’ voices are often self-driven, witty, and unafraid. For example, on act one, the play opens with a conversation between Madame Pernelle and Elmire, and as the conversation goes along, others character joined the conversation. Nevertheless, Madame Pernelle is the character controlling this argument. Madame Pernelle tends to embrace her opinions openly without any hesitation at all. In one of Madame Pernelle’s lines, she directly says to Elmire, “Are you a princess? No? You are dressed like one! One wonders whom you dress for- not my son,” (Moliere). Notwithstanding, Madame Pernelle attitude, she is not a very independent character because she still believes men should be the ones in